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The Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1919: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on August 17, 1919Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 August 1919369,918 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 17, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.3% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
369,918 km229,856 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1919 is on Monday, August 11, 1919 at 17:39 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 1919 at 15:37 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 11, 191917:39
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 18, 191915:56

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Sunday, August 17, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1919 to the new moon of August 25, 1919, a cycle of 29.43 days.